Art Institute of Chicago
Alquimia III (Alchemy III)
Olga de Amaral · 1983
Provenance
Ownership history
- Louise Allrich, The Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, CA, by Sept. 22, 1986 [correspondence, Sept 22, 1986; Allrich Gallery inventory no. AG/ODA1000; invoice 6248, Dec. 16, 1987; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Gift, Bequest and Purchase: A Selection of Textile Acquisitions from 1982–1987, Mar. 18–Aug. 14, 1989.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Twenty Years of Textile Society Collecting (1978–1998), Dec. 20, 1997–Mar. 22, 1998.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney Textile Galleries, Threaded Visions: Contemporary Weavings from the Collection, Feb. 24-Aug. 26, 2024, no cat.
Literature
Published references
- Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1986-87 (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago): 27.
- Melinda Watt, "Olga de Amaral, Alchemy III, 1983" in Highlights of the Art Institute of Chicago, James Rondeau, ed. (Yale University Press, 2026), 234, 266, cat. 181 (ill.).
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